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October 2025
Hopes Destroyed when Christ
Died
Before His crucifixion the Saviour explained to His disciples that He was to
be put to death and to rise again from the tomb, and angels were present to impress His words on minds and hearts. But the disciples were
looking for temporal deliverance from the Roman yoke, and they could
not tolerate the thought that He in whom all their hopes centered
should suffer an ignominious death. The words which they needed to remember were banished from their minds; and when the time of trial
came, it found them unprepared. The death of Jesus as fully destroyed
their hopes as if He had not forewarned them. So in the prophecies the
future is opened before us as plainly as it was opened to the disciples by
the words of Christ. The events connected with the close of probation
and the work of preparation for the time of trouble, are clearly presented. But multitudes have no more understanding of these important
truths than if they had never been revealed. Satan watches to catch
away every impression that would make them wise unto salvation, and
the time of trouble will find them unready.
When God sends to men warnings so important that they are represented as proclaimed by holy angels flying in the midst of heaven, He requires every person endowed with reasoning powers to heed the message. The fearful judgments denounced against the worship of the
beast and his image (Revelation 14:9-11), should lead all to a diligent
study of the prophecies to learn what the mark of the beast is, and how
they are to avoid receiving it. But the masses of the people turn away
their ears from hearing the truth and are turned unto fables. The apostle
Paul declared, looking down to the last days:
